Auburn already won an elimination game in its regional this weekend.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll need to do it again Sunday afternoon, as the Tigers take on UCF with a trip to the championship on the line.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have a choice,\u201d said Auburn head coach Butch Thompson. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to keep fighting and find a way through this regional.\u201d<\/p>\n
UCF lost to Milwaukee in the winner\u2019s bracket 13-6 late Saturday night, with the game ending beyond 11 p.m. CST. Meanwhile, Auburn out-slugged NC State 17-13 earlier in the day and will get a few extra hours of rest.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s contest marks the 13th matchup between Auburn and UCF. Auburn leads the all-time series 7-5, with the latest meeting in 2020. UCF swept the three-game series in Auburn.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just one game this time, but an elimination game at that. The winner will face Milwaukee at 7 p.m. CST later in the day. The loser will see its season come to an end.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s way more stressful, but I think our team thrives in those moments,\u201d said freshman Ethin Bingaman, who went 3-for-6 with two home runs Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s a great spot to be in. Having to compete, and the other team competing well, too. It\u2019s a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
First pitch is set between Auburn and UCF is set for 2 p.m. CST on ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auburn already won an elimination game in its regional this weekend. They\u2019ll need to do it again Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-675658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}